Keeley Library Student Pages:English -Short Story

For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Short Story." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.

Internet Resources

Library Catalog

To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:

Adventure stories

Baseball stories

Basketball stories

College stories

Football stories

Ghost stories

Horror tales

Science fiction

Sea stories

Short story

Sports stories

War stories

names of individual short story writers

SAILS Databases

As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .

Selected Reference Books

Critical Survey of Short Fiction

Nineteenth-century literature criticism (Includes many short story writers)